30 May 1536 – A Royal Wedding
On Tuesday 30th May 1536, King Henry VIII married Jane Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour, soldier and…
Six Wives
28 May 1533 – Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn is valid
On 28th May 1533, five days after he declared the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of…
27 May 1537 – The quickening of Jane Seymour’s baby
Jane Seymour by Lucas HorenboutOn 27th May 1537, Trinity Sunday, just under a year since her marriage to…
23 May 1533 – The annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon
Now we're leaving the "bloody days" of 1536 and going back in time to 1533 when Anne Boleyn…
Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard and a Magna Carta Baron by Marilyn Roberts
The Twenty-Five Magna Carta Surety Barons - Click to enlargeThank you to author and historian Marilyn Roberts for…
20 May 1536 – A Secret Betrothal
On 20th May 1536, the day after Anne Boleyn's execution and the day after Archbishop Cranmer had issued…
14 May 1536 – Jane Seymour moves nearer the King
Jane Seymour by Lucas HorenboutOn 14th May 1536 Sir Nicholas Carew was sent by Henry VIII to collect…